Duration
3 days
Course Description
This course will expose the beginning z/OS DBAs (Database Administrators) to fundamentals of Database Administration for a Db2 12 for z/OS. This course will teach the students how to physically implement a logical database design using DDL, and teaches considerations of referentially related tables. This course discusses the use of basic utilities, program preparation, serialization, and basic database security. This course does not cover distributed data processing, nor does it cover data sharing.
Audience
Students who will be performing the role of Db2 for z/OS database administrators who need to acquire the basic skills required to administer a Db2 database.
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with the z/OS operating system, including TSO, ISPF, and SDSF
- Familiarity with SQL data manipulation statements (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE) to access and change the contents of Db2 tables
Objectives
Please refer to course overview
Content
Preface
Course Overview
Intended Audience
Prerequisites
Relational Database design
Data access
Interacting with Db2
Catalog and directory
SQL SELECT statement review
SQL INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE review
SQL COMMIT and ROLLBACK review
Joining tables
Executing SQL using SPUFI
Object concepts
Storage Groups
Databases
Table Spaces
Tables
o Aliases
Table constraints
o Primary key
o Foreign key
o Check
o Referential integrity
Indexes
Views
Qualified names
Implicit object creation
Utility Categories
Load Utility
Check Data Utility
Unload Utility
Runstats Utility
Reorg Utility
Db2 Command Structure
Display Command
Archiving Logs
Stop and Start Commands
Executing Commands
Program Preparation
System Parameters (zParms)
System Databases
Buffer Pools
Logging
Integrity
Security
Start and Stop Commands
Db2 Shutdown Process
Db2 Startup Phases
System Recovery
Object Recovery
Copy Utility
Recover Utility
Appendix A - Demonstration solutions
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